The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Bears prevail
BEARS extended further pressure over Monday's trading activity. The sentiment reading of the tradable counters remains strongly bearish. Bull domination on Tuesday is likely to reduce the bear count by a considerable margin. However, the ... More

STOCK MARKETS

EPFO may float SPV for investment in equities
THE Central Board of Trustees of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation is likely to consider floating a special purpose vehicle (SPV) through which a portion of the organisation's corpus could be invested in equities. The move follows the ... More

Markets slip further, Sensex sheds 91 points
WEAK global markets coupled with tensions about margin calls because of the bank holiday on Monday, saw the bourses slip further in the red. Stock markets opened weak and but for a small spell of recovery, remained tepid throughout the trading ... More

HPCL, BPCL gain as crude slips from peak
THE HPCL and BPCL stocks moved up today with volumes amid a general gloom in the market. This was on expectation of a better bottomline in the current quarter in view of substantial fall in crude oil prices. The BPCL counter gained 2.94 per ... More

Tata Iron and Steel decline on slowdown talk
Tata Iron and Steel counter today declined by 3.29 per cent on the NSE with a traded quantity of over 48.77 lakh shares as a big investor reportedly turned negative on the counter. According to dealers, the influential investor with a large ... More

Jaiprakash Hydro trips below offer price
THE Jaiprakash Hydro-Power stock fell below initial offer price on the first day of trading. Jaiprakash Hydro is the first listed private sector hydropower company, which raised Rs 576 crore through a public offer last month. The stock began ... More

DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Outlook may turn positive for Reliance Ind, Satyam
THE following strategies are based on Monday's trading in the derivatives and the spot segment on the NSE: Reliance Industries: The April futures contract closed at 520. The outlook may turn positive if April futures trades above ... More

NSE adds 70 more stocks to F&O list
THE National Stock Exchange (NSE) has decided to increase the number of securities in its futures and options segment in three stages. A total of 70 new securities have been added to the existing list of 53 securities. In the first stage, 34 ... More

Tech snag delays operations
Trading in NSE's futures and options segment was halted for a few hours due to technical problems on Monday. There was a delay in receiving confirmation and to overcome this problem, the NSE closed its F&O segment in the afternoon and ... More

COMMENTARY

Selling pressure in frontline stocks
ON Monday, the market opened on a weak note, reflecting the trend in major global markets, it declined for the second day. Aided by selling pressure among the frontline stocks, the bears were in total control of the market. Banking stocks were ... More

IPOS

Ministries still to agree on mode of divesting in OIL
OIL India Ltd (OIL) may have to wait a while before it is able to come out with an initial public offering (IPO). The differences between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Finance are yet to be sorted out. "We have ... More

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